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Annette Funicello's "Bronzed" Mouseketeer Ears.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Disneyana Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD
Annette Funicello's  Bronzed  Mouseketeer Ears.
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This item SOLD at 2016 Jun 18 @ 16:30UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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(c. 1980s) Annette Funicello's "bronzed" Mouseketeer Ears. This was one of her most prized possessions, as featured on the Disney Channel program (filmed in her Encino home) for the "Disney Family Album" (Episode 16: Sept, 1985). Her original ears worn on the Mouse Club are in the Disney Archives, however, she was given this set of ears at the 25th anniversary reunion. She had this set painted in gold to appear "bronzed" on the ears, and then put on display at her home in Encino. In an interview for Disney Channel Magazine in 1985, Annette says---"To this day, after 30 years, wherever I go people ask, 'Where are your ears?'… I tell them the ears are bronzed and placed under plexiglass on my living room coffee table. They're my pride and joy." This was Annette's personal pair of Mouseketeer Ears, and one of her most-cherished possessions.